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The Bootstrap Origins of America’s Agritourism Industry
There is something a little magical and distinctly American about a Fall afternoon spent picking apples and other fruits of the season. And many would argue there is no place better to fully enjoy the changing of the seasons than the countryside. I always assumed this tradition dated back to the earliest days of agriculture, and to some degree that ...
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Why the U.S. Beef Industry Wants to Halt Brazil Imports
Back in early September, Brazil confirmed two cases of so-called "atypical" Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), aka mad cow disease, at two separate meat plants in the country. The cases are considered “atypical” because they occur spontaneously and sporadically and are not related to the ingestion of contaminated food, according to Brazil authorities. Now, Brazil has reported two cases of a ...
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Counting Your Chickens Before They Hatch? Now You Can
The chicken industry grows two different breeds: Broilers which are optimized to provide as much meat as possible, and layers which are optimized to lay as many eggs as possible. In modern-day poultry farming, the layer males are often considered useless since they cannot grow up to lay eggs, and they are not the fast-growing breeds that are sold as ...
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Australian Startup Developing Novel New Pesticides from Silica
Insects are an all-year threat to crops, both in the field and in the bin. While a lot of attention is given to control measures used during the growing season, stored grain is equally at risk. Australian startup Davren Global is developing a novel grain protectant method utilizing a type of silica to create a non-toxic dust that is lethal ...
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Argentina’s “Genetically Modified Wheat” Plans Could Shift Global Trade Flows
Wheat importers are counting on a rebound in production in 21/22 to help ease skyrocketing prices but weather obviously remains a huge wild card. Another potential snag in the outlook for increased supplies is Argentina, which some worry could face export restrictions on its wheat. Argentina last year became the first country in the world to approve the cultivation of ...
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Budweiser Adds a New Clydesdale Foal and Some Facts You Might Not Know About the World-Famous Horses
Budweiser has added a new member to its family of Clydesdales. The new foal named "Eminem" was born September 14 at Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Missouri. While the name is spelled just like the Detroit rapper, it actually stems from the first initials of the foal's parents' names - mother, Marcie, and father, Miles. It's too soon to say ...
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Rain Didn’t Follow the Plow
On this day in 1933, the first giant dust storm, dubbed "The Great Black Blizzard" began rolling across the Great Plains. Most Americans are familiar with the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, but the story of how we got there is rather interesting. It really begins back in the ealry-1800s when explorer and map-maker Stephen Long labeled everything west ...
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Dairy Farmers Are Taking Poop to the Bank
Remember that old saying, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade? That’s exactly what dairy farmers and researchers around the country are doing as they hunt for ways to monetize poop. Entrepreneurial dairy farmers, with an assist from anaerobic digesters, are finding ways to transform manure into money while also solving some climate concerns. Manure may not yet be creating ...
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Bourbon Whiskey First Distilled from Corn
It was around this day back in 1785 that a Baptist teacher and preacher named Elijah Craig founded a distillery in Kentucky using corn to make whiskey. Craig has sometimes been claimed to have been the first to age the whiskey in charred oak casks, "a process that gives the bourbon its brownish color and unique taste". Many historians argue ...
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Latest NASA Research Suggests Climate Change May Cause Big Crop Production Problems
Bloomberg ran an article last week titled, "Climate Change Will Cut Corn Yields by a Quarter by 2030, NASA Says". The article was circulating around the trade and catching a lot of attention, so I thought we should take a deeper look. Whatever side of the aisle you sit on in the climate change debate, it is tough to deny ...
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